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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Politics: Corruption And Punishment!

Even as the
worst crisis for the ruling UPA-2 coalition government continued to gain
momentum every day this week witnessed two huge days for the media
fraternity—Wednesday, the 8th of May 2013, and Friday the 10th
of May 2013. That momentous Wednesday was a picture of ecstasy and agony—a
political study in contrasts. And, on Friday yesterday heads rolled as expected
and anticipated on a daily basis.

The main
national opposition BJP has been chasing the Congress led UPA-2 Government
relentlessly, tirelessly and also ambitiously on the issue of corruption for the last at least two years. In its
obsessed aim of cornering the Government the BJP, basically a political party
that ruled India earlier, even did not bother joining hands with the
anti-corruption activists—at times with Anna Hazare and with Baba Ramdev at
other. But, the BJP was routed in the Assembly Elections of the southern state
of Karnataka the counting for which was taken up on Wednesday for running a
corrupt and non-performing government there. The root cause being BS Yeddyurappa, a veritable symbol of corruption, defecting from BJP and forming a
separate political entity thus splitting the votes as well as creating a
somewhat anti-corruption wave in the state.

Congress party
of the scam and corruption infested UPA-2 got a landslide victory and was in a
position to form the government on its own. This was the ecstasy for the beleaguered
national party—the highlights being the prevention of further corruption through
possible horse trading on a hung verdict and the marginalization of Yeddyurappa
who naturally wanted to be a kingmaker. However, almost simultaneously that Wednesday
the agony came in the form of the Supreme Court of India slamming UPA-2 for
meddling with the Coalgate report of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
to the apex court and making the premier investigating agency of the country a ‘caged parrot’. The
position of the Law Minister became untenable after those scathing observations
and the Railway Minister was already in the dock for Railgate. Pressure mounted
on UPA-2 to punish the indicted
ministers. The ministers’ alleged closeness to the Prime Minister made it all
the trickier for the ruling coalition. The stock responses like ‘Let
investigations take the due course’ or ‘The matter is sub-judice’ failed to
convince anyone.

Mounting media
and public pressure forced the Government to take the much awaited action. Two top
cabinet ministers were sacked within just one hour last evening, the Friday we
mentioned. Now, this move can very well be interpreted as taking cue from the
so-called anti-corruption wave of Karnataka Poll and punishing the corrupt, and if it is
so things are not to be merrier for the BJP. Because, to try coming back to
power in its only southern bastion, Karnataka, the BJP still wants Yeddyurappa
badly. If it does take himback it will
be criticized as welcoming back corruption for political ends. Therefore, the
citizens of this hapless country stand to benefit by default if the issue of anti-corruption
becomes the main plank for 2014 General Elections.

However,
politics is politics. For the latest the BJP and the Left parties are now, as
expected, after the Prime Minister of India demanding his resignation.

Baby Falak, the bruised and brutalized 2-year-old girl, finally decided to say goodbye to this cruel world (India) and departed for a better world. The poor child died on her third cardiac arrest on Thursday (March 15, 2012) at the same Delhi hospital she was admitted to though she had been improving well over the past few days. Doctors attending for nearly two months were planning to discharge her soon, but they were not sure of her brain functioning.

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Amulya Kumar Chakravarty

Noted Writer-Translator-Administrator of Assam 1928-1991

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Trust Award

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty was a writer and a celebrated translator of world epics. He translated Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad and Virgil’s Aenid into Assamese. These books were published in the seventies and eighties in Assam, India; and even now are bestsellers going into multiple editions. Doubled with a flowing original language and strict authenticity these translated epics are hailed in Assam as trend setting translations.

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty had a hard life. Being a farmer’s son he went to the nearby town for studies and after graduation set off for Calcutta (now Kolkata) for post graduation in English. His ambition was to become a college teacher so that he could devote his life to education and writings. But due to economic hardships he had to come back half way and was forced to join Assam Civil Service of which he could not ever come out. He also contracted diabetes after forty years of age. Uprightness, honesty and efficiency ruling his career he always struggled for economic stability. He never had enough money and always took pride in telling that his only investments in life had been on his four children's education. Burning a lot of midnight oil, literally, and waging a constant war against mosquitoes he continued his writing activities and apart from the three translated epics he also wrote numerous short stories and a half completed novel. His exemplary honesty remains a source of inspiration for his admirers in today's environment of rampant corruption.

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty passed away in 1991. His family and local literary bodies in Guwahati formed a memorial Trust in 2002 and decided to institute an Award for excellent literary translations in Assamese on a biennial basis. The first Award consisting of cash prize and certificate was given in 2003 to one of the nominated books. This gave a tremendous boost to promote genuine translation works in Assam.

The Trust has announced the Award for 2011 to eminent author Dr. Prafulla Kataky for his outstanding contribution to Assamese literary translation work.

The Award was presented at an august function held on October 09, 2011 at Veterinary College Auditorium, Guwahati.

For 2013 the Sixth Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Translation Literature Award was presented to Author-Translator Bipul Deuri at a dignified ceremony held on 6th October, the 22nd Death Anniversary of Amulya Kumar Chakravarty, at Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati. The Award was handed over by Imran Shah, President of Assam Sahitya Sabha. A Painting Competition for Children was organized by Shrutinaad earlier on the day as a part of the event.

The Seventh Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Translation Literature Award has been presented to Dhrubajyoti Borthakur for Assamese translation of Hermann Hesse's book 'Siddhartha'. The award was ceremonially handed over by the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha, Dr Dhrubajyoti Bora on 4th October, 2015 at Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati

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Ragini Chakravarty is a Hindustani Classical Vocalist of the famed Kirana gharana and a disciple of Padmabhushan Dr. Prabha Atre. Ragini has been performing all over India with her classical recitals, light compositions and sangeet se sangeet tak concerts. She can be consulted here for program details.Under the banner of Shrutinaad Ragini also conducts regular classes on vocal music.Ragini's second audio album 'Bhoyai Oi...Kahani Ahiba Ghuri' (O' My Beloved...When Are You Coming Back Home!) was released at Guwahati on 4th January by renowned writer-author Lakshminandan Bora. This album consists of ten immortal Assamese songs of poet-composer-author-freedom fighter Kamalananda Bhattacharyya. Beauty of words and melody make these numbers irresistible.

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Ragini's Album 'Bhoyai Oi...'

Assamese Song by Ragini Chakravarty

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'My Grandfather's Songs'. Ragini's First Album of Immortal Songs of Kamalananda Bhattacharyya

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Ragini at Jaipur, March 2, 2011

43rd Mahashivratri Bhavya Sangeet Samaroh, 2011.

Geet Se Sangeet Tak...A Musical Journey

Ragini performing at Karnataka Sangha, Mumbai, Jan 30, 2011

Tributes to Poet Composer Kamalananda Bhattachayya

It was on this day of 4th January, 1951 that the State of Assam lost a great son , a poet, composer, lyricist, playwright and freedom fighter, Kamalananda Bhattacharyya who had composed over 200 songs in Assamese apart from a vast array of other writings. We offer our tributes to this great personality whose treasure-house of pristine music continues to inspire us and all music lovers of Assam.

Bibekananda Bhattacharyya

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But when common people are fed up and angry they are capable of revolutions, again, if properly supported and guided. Pages of world history give enough proofs of that which everybody would accept except perhaps Pakistan.